Ironer&#39;s cabinet.



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PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

L. R. TRAGBR. IRONERS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.26, 1906.

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1110mm CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1906.

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In: NORRIS PETERS co.. WASHINGTON, n. c

PATBNTED NOV. 12, 1907.

L. R. TRAGER.

IRONER'S CABINET. APPLICATION mum JAN. 26. 1906.

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IRONERS CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 12, 1907.

Application filed January 25. 1906. Serial No. 297.893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .l, Lours R. TRAGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful .lroners Cabinet, ofwhich the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and usemy said invention.

My invention relates to cabinets adapted to contain an ironing board andappurtenances.

The purposes of my invention are to provide a cabinet'and an ironingboard connected therewith, so

constructed and arranged that when the cabinet is' closed the ironingboard will be housed within the cabinet out of sight and protected fromdirt or accidental injury and so constructed and arranged that theraising of the top of the cabinet will automatically withdraw theironing board from the cabinet and when the ironing board is extendedthe cabinet will form a substantial support for the board; the partsbeing also constructed and arranged so that the turning of the top backupon the cabinet will cause the replacing of the ironing board withinthe cabinet; to provide means for supporting the top of the cabinet whenit is extended; to provide in the cabinet convenient compartments forcontaining the ironed articles and the irons and other appliances usedin ironing.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features oiconstruction and combinations 'oiparts shown in the annexed drawings, towhich reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described,and finally recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatelike parts in the several views; Figure 1. is a perspective view of thecabinet with the top down, and the door open, and shows the ironingboard in position inside of the cabinet. Fig. 2. is a perspective viewof the cabinet with the ironingboard extended ready for use; Fig. 3. isan enlarged perspective view of the ironing board detached, as viewedfrom below; Fig. 4. is an enlarged partial perspective view of thecabinet with the top extended, the ironing board being removed; Fig. 5.is a reduced elevation of the ironing board and connected parts, thefront of the cabinet being removed, and shows the relative positions ofthe parts during the withdrawal of the ironing board from the cabinet;Fig. 6. is a similar view showing the relations of the same parts duringthe replacing of the ironing board in the cabinet, Fig. 7. is anenlarged partial section through the ironing board on the line 7. 7. ofFig. 2. Fig. 8 is an enlarged partial top plan of the ironing board andshows one of the hinges connecting the members of the ironing board,Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 9. 9. of Fig. 8 and shows indotted lines the members of the ironing board partially turned towardeach other, and

Fig. 10 is an enlarged partial vertical section on the line Y. Y. ofFig. 3.

The cabinet 1 has drawers 2, convenient for the storage of ironedarticles and for other uses, and a compartment 3 adapted to contain theironing board. A door 10 affords access to the compartment 3. Stationaryinclined bars 6 support the ironing board within the compartment. Arectangular frame 12 turns on a horizontal bar 11 and when the frame isin a horizontal position its upper surface is slightly below the upperedge of the cabinet. Hinges 13 connect the top 7 with the main frame. Ahorizontal slide 14 slides in a suitable opening in the end of thecabinet and when the extended top 7 occupies a horizontal position theslide projects under and supports the top. A rod 16 has a hingeconnection with a block 17 secured on the top 7 and also has a hingeconnection with a rod 15 which has near one end a transverse pin 15.

The ironing board proper consists of two members 8 and 9 connectedtogether by hinge plates 19 which have extensions 19 and fit in saw cuts20 in the adjacent parts of the members8 and 9. Nails 21 driven into themembers 8 and 9 and through holes in the plates 19 connect the plateswith the members so that the members turn on the nails as pivots. Whenthe members 8 and 9 are extended, the extensions 19 support and preventsagging of the adjacent ends of the members 8 and 9.

A block 18 (Fig. 3) having longitudinal channels 18" and transversestops 18 extending across one end of the channels respectively, issecured on the under side of the ironing board member 8. The projectingends of the pin 15 on the bar 15 slide in the channels 18 of the block18. When the ironing-board members 8 and 9 are folded together and theironing board is housed within the cabinet as shown in Fig. 1, the rods15 and 16 lie approximately parallel to the member 8 and the rod 15occupies the space between the channeled members of the block, andduring the operation of extending the ironing board, (as shown in Fig.5) the rod 15 slides upward between the members of the block 18 untilthe projecting parts of the pin 15 strike against the stops 18", and assoon as the pin strikes the stops, the rod 15 actuated by the top 7turning upward and to the right pulls against the stops 18 of the block18 thereby causing the connected ironing board members to slide upwardand to the right.

- A brace 22 has a hinge connection with the plate 24 secured on theunderside of the member 9 and when the ironing board is extended thelower member 22 of the brace 22 rests in a socket 5 on one end of thecabinet and supports the projecting end of the member 9.

.When the top is down and the ironing board is in position within thecompartment 3 as shown in Fig. 1,

the frame 12 occupies a horizontal position directly under the top 7.When the top is extended as shown in Fig. 2. the line of separationbetween the members 8 and 9 occupies the position indicated by thedotted line X. X. in Fig. 4. and the extended member 9 lies on top ofthe frame 12 and the left hand side of the frame 12 is supported by lugs23. If then the member 9 be turned upward to lie on top of the plate 8the entire weight of the board will be applied to the frame 12 along theline X. X. and will cause the frame to make three-quarters of arevolution to the right and stop in the vertical position shown in Fig.5. and gravity will normally keep the frame in that position until it isagain turned back to its original horizontal position during theoperation of withdrawing the ironing board, which I will now explain.

In order to withdraw the ironing board from the cabinet it is onlynecessary to raise the top 7 and turn it to the right until it occupiesa horizontal position on top of the slide 14 which has previously beenpulled outward. The turning of the top 7 to the right (Fig. 5) causesthe rod 16 to pull on the rod 15 and cause the rod 15 to pull upward onthe member 8 thereby pulling the ironing board upward and to the right.As the ironing board'moves upward and to the right the hooked part 22 ofthe brace 22 hooks under the lower edge of the frame 12 and as theironing board moves rapidly upward the frame 12 turns to the left on theshaft 11., as shown by dotted line until it stops in the horizontalposition shown in Fig. 4 and continued movement of the top 7 to theright causes the member 8 to come to rest in a horizontal position ontop of the cabinet; the member 9 is then turned by hand to the leftuntil it lies on top of the cabinet and on top of the frame 12 and thelower end of the brace 22 is then inserted in the socket 5 so that thebrace firmly supports the projecting part of the member 9.

During the movement of the ironing board upward and to the right, therod 15 slides on the upper edge of the partition 3 until the hook 22 hasturned the frame 12 upward to an approximately horizontal position, andby that time the ironing board has reached such position that the righthand part will over balance the left-hand part of the ironing-board, andwhen that occurs theironing board will gravitate to a horizontalposition and in doing so will whirl the frame 12 to-the left until itstops in a horizontal position on top of the lugs 23.

In returning the ironing board to the compartment 3 the member 9 will beturned to the right (Fig. 2) until it lies on top of the member 8; thetop 7 will then he turned upward to the left and the raising of the top7 will cause the rod 16 to lift the member 8, and the raising of themember 8 will cause its left-hand end to act upon the shorter members ofthe frame 12 to turn it to a vertical position; whereupon the left handend of the connected members 8 and 9 will gravitate downward past theframe 12 and the frame continuing to turn to the right, will gravitateto the vertical position shown in Fig. 5, and the members 9 and 9sliding downward on the bars 6 will come to rest upon the bars 6; therods 15 and 16 will lie alongside the member 8 and the top will occupy ahorizontal position on top of the cabinet.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the ironing board isextended it is firmly supported on top of the cabinet in convenientposition for effective use and when the ironing board is in place in thecabinet with the top down and the door closed the cabinet presents aneat and attractive appearance and besides containing the ironing boardmay also contain all of the appliances used in ironing and the drawersmay receive ironed articles or other articles which may be desired toplace in them.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a cabinet adapted to contain a folding ironingboard and having a hinged top, a folding ironing board fitting withinthe cabinet and a connecting device connecting the ironing board withthe top of the cabinet in such manner that the raising of the top fromits closed horizontal position and turning it to its open horizontalposition causes the ironing board to assume a horizontal position on topof the cabinet and reverse movement of the door restores the ironingboard to its position within the cabinet.

2. Ironing-board sections having cuts in their adjacent ends, hingeplates fitting in said cuts and having extensions upon which theironing-board sections bear when said sections are extended, and pivotssituated in said sections and passing through said plates in combinationwith a cabinet adapted to contain said ironing-board sections andprovided with a hinged top with which one of said ironing-board sectionsis connected, and a frame mounted within said cabinet and adapted tosupport one of said ironing-board sections when they are extended andrevoluble to a limited extent by the weight of said ironing-boardsections when they are folded together.

3. The combination of a cabinet provided with a compartment adapted tocontain a folded ironing board, inclined bars in said compartment, forsupporting the ironing board, a top hinged to said cabinet,ironing-board sections connected by hinges, a revoluble frame within thecompartment of the cabinet containing the ironing board, a braceconnected with one member of the ironing board and havinga hook engagingthe revoluble frame, a socket on the cabinet in which said brace fits,and rods connecting one member of the ironing board with the hinged topof the cabinet.

4. The combination of ironing-board sections, hinge plates connectingsaid sections, a channeled block provided with a stop and secured on oneof said sections, a cabinet having a compartment adapted to contain thefolded ironing-board sections, a top hinged on said cabinet, a rodhaving a hinge connection with said top, and a connecting rod connectedwith said first named rod and having a transverse pin having limitedtravel in the channel of the plate on the ironing board section; all soconstructed and arranged as to permit limited turning of the cabinet-top before it begins to withdraw the ironing board from the compartmentin the cabinet.

5. The combination of ironing-board sections having a hinge connectionwith each other, a cabinet, and a frame mounted within" the cabinet andadapted to support one of said ironing-board sections when they areextended and revoluble to a limited extent by the weight of saidironing;- board sections when they are folded together.

6. The combination of a cabinet, a top hinged on said cabinet,ironing-board sections having a hinge connection with each other, aconnecting device connecting one of said ironing-board sections withsaid top, and a frame mounted within said cabinet and adapted to supportone of said ironing-board sections when they are extended and revolubleto a limited extent by the weight of said ironingboard sections whenthey are folded together.

In witness I have hereunto subscribed my name at Springfield, Illinoisthis 20th day of January 1906.

LOUIS R. TRAGER.

Witnesses .T. A. Boron, E. H. LICHTENBERG.

